7 UP UK

"Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Inspired by this Jesuit motto, ITV’s landmark documentary Up series began in 1964, following a group of people drawn from startlingly different backgrounds who have allowed television cameras to drop into their lives at seven year intervals ever since.

Over the course of three episodes, we catch up with Tony, who was in Spain last time we saw him. How has the economic crash affected him? Plus, we also see how previous favourites Nick, Jackie, Bruce, Lynn, Paul, Simon and Neil are getting on. Catching up with people whose lives have been chronicled since the age of seven, including Lynn, who had previously battled a life-threatening brain condition. The programme also revisits Bruce, who reflects on his life and work as a teacher, and Jackie, who was last seen fighting cuts to her disability benefits as well as overcoming a series of family tragedies.

Director Michael Apted catches up with more of the people he first met as seven-year-old children back in 1964. Paul and Symon - who back then were filmed growing up in the same children's home - have an emotional reunion in Australia, where Paul emigrated as a teenager. The film also catches up with Neil, whose rollercoaster life has taken him from homelessness to politics. Last in the series.